Two Pipe Creek Township firefighters killed in Grant Co. plane crash

Two firefighters from Madison County were killed after two small planes crashed at an airport in Grant County Monday evening. The crash happened just after 5 p.m. at the Marion Municipal Airport off State Road 9 in Marion. Grant County Coroner Chris Butche says a smaller plane clipped a larger plane that was landing. The smaller plane then crashed and caught fire, killing the pilot and a passenger. Butche identified the victims as pilot Kyle Hibst, 31, and David Wittkamper, 31. Both men are from Elwood and were members of the Pipe Creek Township Volunteer Fire Department.